There are precedents in the history of the Red Chamber

With such a son who is always tossing around, Shi Ding can't wait to be a filial piety and get back to work quickly. In the future, leave everything to his wife, and don't disturb Master Shi who is in charge of the people and shares the worries of the saints.

Shi Ding escaped and ascended to heaven, while Mrs. Shi's Zheng family fell into dire straits, and the youngest son was unwilling to go to ethnology!Mrs. Zheng was so worried that her hair fell out, and she did something wrong~ Why didn't Shi Zhongzhu go to ethnology?He had inquired with his elder brother a long time ago. The one who taught ethnology was the top three jinshi 20 years ago. Over the years, the ancestry of the historian family has produced scholars, but the only Jinshi was the one who was attached to the school when he went to Beijing to rush for the exam. After a month, you will be a Jinshi in high school. Do you have the face to say that you taught Jinshi?

The water here is deep. Shi Zhongzhu must be fully prepared. If he can't enter the ethnology, he won't enter the ethnology.Poor Shi Zhongzhu didn't make any plans long ago, and didn't think about this problem until Shi Niang Zheng told him that he should go to school.Shi Zhongzhu still needed time to make preparations, so he pretended to be pitiful, and then "discussed" with Zheng. Finally, Zheng couldn't do it, so he gave him a month's grace, and he had to go after one month.

Shi Zhongzhu fully mobilized and directed the little servants and maids around.

First inquire how much support the clan needs to give to the clan school every year, including how much money and supplies, who is responsible for repairing the house of the clan school, how much the students have to pay for repairs, and whether the clan school has its own property.

After inquiring about income, we also need to inquire about expenditure.Ask how many teachers and how many students there are in ethnology. There are only a few teachers, and they will mark out their lives in detail; The famous people taught are listed and analyzed.

Then check the family economic situation of the person in charge of the ethnology, whether his family has any fame, etc., and inquire about the ethnology atmosphere through many students in the school, and also ask ordinary people near the ethnology, make all preparations, and find out The foundation of Qing ethnology.

While instructing the servants and maids to collect information, Shi Zhongzhu went out every day, sitting in a famous restaurant for a day, and the monthly money was exhausted in a few days; Brother Alexander, if there is something wrong with the little master, the master and wife can peel off their skins; in the end, Shi Zhongzhu went to visit the famous scenic spots in the suburbs for a few days, and his legs hurt from walking.

Mrs. Zheng thought that Shi Zhongzhu's reluctance to go to school was just the last carnival, and told his servants to look after him, as long as there was no danger, let him go wherever he wanted.Others don't understand, Shi Zhongzhu is looking for "adventurous encounters", what about the agreed protagonist law?

In the restaurant, no one could see his perseverance from his small face, and after talking to him, let him find out that this person is actually a prominent person, such as the emperor/prince/high minister and the like.On the street, I didn’t meet anyone who sold his body to bury his father, didn’t rob people’s daughters by force, or even pickedpockets. Shi Zhongzhu could only walk from the street to the end of the street. If the boy following him knew what he was thinking, he would be confused. His face was full of blood, and he hoped to see someone selling his body to bury his father in Dongshi, where the rich and powerful gathered. Even beggars are not allowed to come here. What kind of pickpocket can't care about it, stealing here, catching it is killing his life, and coming and going are patrolling the streets. servants.In the end, Shi Zhongzhu could only go to the suburbs to try his luck. In fact, he wanted to see the cliff the most. There will always be martial arts cheats/gold, silver and jewelry/exotic treasures in the cliff...Looking at the posture of the young master, the boys can only say that there is no cliff nearby , in fact there is no such thing.

Shi Zhongzhu's dream of being accepted as an apprentice because of his "extraordinary bones and extraordinary talent" was shattered. When he returned to the Qiujieyuan, the servants and maids had gathered all the information they could get. analyze data.

After dinner, Shi Ding was concerned about his son's reluctance to go to the ethnology study. Shi Zhongzhu handed the analysis report of the ethnology analysis to his father. Just can't let go.

In Shi Zhongzhu's analysis report, there are not only written explanations, but also a graph showing the annual investment of money, a graph showing the achievement of fame, and a histogram of personnel distribution.Seeing that her husband was serious, Mrs. Zheng knew that her youngest son was not messing around, so she took a piece of paper and looked at it carefully, and Shi Bosong was not a fool, so the family of three read Shi Zhongzhu's masterpiece quietly.

Shi Bosong was young and couldn't hide his words. He asked in surprise, "Second brother, you asked me about my husband a few days ago just to do this?"

"Of course not. At that time, I was concerned about elder brother. Later, I didn't expect that I would also go to study ethnology, so I asked Yannian and Qubing to inquire about it."

After Shi Ding finished reading, his face was more serious than ever. "Don't be silly, honestly, how did you even think of writing this?"

Shi Zhongzhu glanced at his father's eyes, and explained with a sense of current affairs: "I didn't care about the ethnology in the past. I didn't know that I would go. I had to inquire before I went, so that's it."

"Don't give me a sloppy eye. I'm asking how you thought of writing the news you know into an article, and even drew a picture." Shi Dingshang gave a thought, and his expression became more serious.

Shi Zhongzhu covered his head, and muttered, "I just want to write it like this, why not?" Glancing at his father's dissatisfied expression, he continued, "In the beginning, Chunya heard her mother praise the people who came out of the ethnology. Both are promising, but the news that Yannian brought back said that people near the ancestry said that most of them were dudes. If this is self-contradictory, I don't know who to believe. I know that neither Chunya nor Yannian It will lie to me, so this must be someone else’s true opinion. How can there be a completely opposite view of the same person. I think I can’t figure it out and write it down first. When there are more news, I will see which idea has more people. Then you will know what kind of students in ethnology are."

"Later, there were more and more news, and it was too complicated to record only in words. I saw the form my mother used to keep accounts at home, and thought that it would be simple and clear if such information could also be used in the form, so I made this After explaining, Shi Zhongzhu looked at his father and mother quietly, he saw that there was an account book for the bookkeeping, he thought it was nothing, and let his parents see that there were some little devils here to show off, who knew that his father was so serious.

"Okay, I see, it's getting late today, Brother Song and Brother Zhu should go to rest." Shi Ding sent the two brothers away first.

"Father, I still have..." Shi Zhongzhu said weakly.

"What else?"

"There is another piece of evaluation about Mr. Ethnology, also for you." Shi Zhongzhu took out a piece of paper from his arms, stuffed it into Shi Ding's hand, and went back with Shi Bosong.

Shi Bosong took Shi Zhongzhu's hand and went back together, their yards were in the same direction.Shi Bosong touched the little hair bag on his younger brother's head and sighed, "My younger brother is so smart!"

"Brother, is this smart? Then you are smarter." Shi Zhongzhu replied cautiously, deeply afraid that his elder brother would be hit.

"Then tell me how smart I am."

"Brother can read a lot of books, but I can't. My brother can already ride a horse, but my horse is still not very good. There are many more. In short, my brother is very good."

"Fool, elder brother heard that you have finished reading all the books in father's study room, and you still ride horses for three hours every day. When you are as big as elder brother, you will read more books and have better equestrian skills, everyone Diligence can do it, but you are different, you are the real smart."

To be praised by a twelve or thirteen-year-old child... Shi Zhongzhu asked, "Does my smart brother not like me?"

"How come, big brother has always liked you."

"But elder brother hasn't smiled at me since he saw that."

Shi Bosong smiled slightly at his younger brother, but he got the lantern in someone's hand and sent his younger brother back to the house first, before going back by himself.Looking at the back of my younger brother entering the room, I thought to myself: It's not that my elder brother doesn't like you, but because I feel ashamed.

Shi Bosong thought, after studying ethnology for so many years, why didn't he think about these problems?How did I get there when I went to ethnology, my parents let me go, why didn't I think about these issues first?My father often taught me to think more, but I still didn't do it.My younger brother studies hard every day. Last time I went to see him, I saw that his thighs were worn out while riding a horse. I heard from my father that he tied sandbags on his hands when practicing calligraphy. He is so talented and hardworking. I have to work harder. Can't let my younger brother compare!

Shi Ding and his wife have no time to pay attention to the two brothers' small thoughts. After reading Shi Zhongzhu's news about Mr. Ethnology, Shi Ding remained silent.

"Tomorrow, please come and discuss with the third younger brother." Zheng Shi suggested that the third younger brother's family moved to the Zhongjing Hou Mansion after they were filial piety. If you want to invite them to come, you can order them tonight and let them go down early tomorrow morning. Just go and ask, it's sooner rather than later.

"Well, I want to invite the third brother to discuss it. I didn't expect that the money allocated to the ethnology every year will raise such a group of rats!"

Mrs. Zheng went to ask Nanny Fang to arrange not to mention it. After washing, she returned to the bedroom and saw that her husband was still preoccupied. She comforted her, "It is said that scholars are noble and indifferent. We don't know that he is such a person, so don't blame yourself." gone."

Shi Ding sighed, "Oh, ma'am, I'm not worried about this, I'm worried about our brother Zhu." Shi Ding raised his hand to stop what Zheng was going to say, and said again: "Brother Zhu is young, this Smart and clever is something I have never seen before. Before, he studied Taoism for a while, studied medicine for a while, and even made a fuss about going to sleep in the stables.

"I always thought that Brother Zhu's temperament was unstable, that's just a little clever. But today's incident surprised me. A month ago, you said that he refused to go to ethnology. I still thought he was young. There is also some fun, but he did such a big thing without making a sound. No matter how many adults can't control their mouths, Brother Zhu never leaked a word under the pressure of you urging him to go to school every day. Besides, he wants to It's not easy to collect these things. The only people he can use are the servant girls you and I assigned to him, but he managed to get things done. There are also those pictures, which are the most important thing. It is a pioneering work. Who can think of using a picture to express it."

"I'm just worried. Huiji will be hurt, and love will never last."

"Then what should we do?" Zheng Shi asked anxiously.

"In the future, don't worry about him studying Taoism. I know you've always been afraid of him, like Jia Jing from the Jia family. You went to Xiuxian to ask. As long as you have life, you can practice Taoism. Don't worry too much. I have asked him, he wants to take the imperial examination, and he bet with me that if he wins the scholar, he will be given a Zhuangzi, pay more attention to his daily life, and tell the maid to take good care of him." Shi Ding has another reason not to say, The second son is extremely intelligent, so he has to find a way to reach the heavens that is different from that of the eldest son. Don't use your intelligence to fight within yourself. The outside world is a vast world.

Shi Ding and Zheng Shi fell asleep full of worries. When Shi Zhongzhu didn't know, Shi Ding left him a loose room for growth.